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Dontsniffglue
Wasn't happy with the "light blue" the kit called for. Bought some Testors blue metal flake, and blended some gloss white in to try and get a closer approximation of the engine color. Also took some liberties with the oil pan. Instead of keeping it blue, I mixed some flat aluminum with some flat brass. Two shots of the intake manifold show the light blue previously used, and the darker custom shade I mixed.

After most of the parts were put together, I ran a black wash over all of it to highlight the textures and give it a "oily/dirty" look. So used to doing that with acrylics, that I forgot that it wants to remove the paint I'm going over. Overall, not too bad for the first model I've touched in 25 years.

Christian W
Good color choice! I think it doesn't matter wethter it is original paint or not. I never saw one original so it looks pretty good to me. Cool!

Spanjaard
fully agree with Christian W, the blue looks truly beautiful

Mid Franconian
I need to watch this!

Cuajete
Me 2!

J35J
I'm in!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 4, might be my reference in the future 👍

Robert Podkoński
High five!

Nicolas
Joining.

Marius
And I thought starting my third such kit from KP/RV Aircraft is self torture. The truth is, once you had finished one of them in the past, the frustration decreases with each new one.

Any idea how you will treat the taxiing lights?

Thomas Kolb
Marius, I honestly don't think this kit is so terrible. There are some fit issues for sure, but I have built much worse kits. I constantly keep reminding myself that I only do this for relaxation and fun, and not for a competition or as a profession.

Are you referring to the swiveling landing lights underneath the intakes?

Marius
Thomas, I share your opinion about the kit and hobby too actually. The kit is dreadful in a few areas, but overall more than decent. I finished two of these already and I must say, they really stand out my collection, despite the kit's reputation.

Yes, I was refering to those lights. If I remember it correctly, there are some transparent parts included in the kit, but the intakes are completely flat, where the lights should go. I made the mistake to install those lights in the closed position, instead of the more interesting setup, when they are deployed downwards. In any case, it's just a heads up, in case you might want to add some extra detailing.

Thomas Kolb
Yes, I see your point regarding those lights, but I will probably just stick to my usual middle road - easy to accomplish and still produces a cool result. 🙂

Martin von Schreckenstein
haha, love the topic and kit selection. you are definitely more meticulous than I was 🙂

Thomas Kolb
Martin, I saw your MiG-23 project - it is way more ambitious than mine! I am not so meticulous, just very, very slow, only having an hour or two to spend here and there.

Thomas Kolb
A bit of a setback here. I just realized that I had foolishly been following the assembly drawings and thus ended up with the wings upside down. Bottom side up and vice versa. It may not be something that is easily noticeable, but knowing myself, I would never be able to unsee it now. So I am backtracking my steps and need to change the way the wings are facing without ruining the fuselage. Mamma mia, what a noob mistake-a to make-a.

Łukasz Gliński
Great you found it out before it was too late. I see we used to watch the same TV series 😄
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Dave Flitton
Watching!

Thomas Kolb
Łukasz, yes, haha, you found the hint.

Finn
I'm in

Jiri Vybihal
good luck 😄

Guy Rump
I'm in too. 👍

Cuajete
Good job with the air intakes 👍

S M
I'm in! I'm also working on KP's MiG-23 and had the same issues with fitting and wings. Damn I didn't notice that the wings are upside down...

Cristian A
I'm taking a sit as well 🙂

Thomas Kolb
Thank you gentlemen for your encouraging words! 🙂 The twin seater assembly is done, and now I need to finish the single seater. I am now thinking about which individual aircraft to represent and which camo to use.

aetios
This is looking great. watching with interest!

Cuajete
I agree with @aetios 👍

Cristian A
Hi Thomas, nice progress. I think the Tamiya paints are my favourite so far. They apply well and they don't smell so strongly.

Thomas Kolb
Cristian, yes, they are mine too. They also react superbly well to the Mr Color Leveling thinner and level out to perfection. Too bad that the color range is a bit narrow, you need to mix almost everything.

Cristian A
Thanks for the tip Thomas, I recently discovered Tamiya paints. The hobby shop seller recommended "Aqueous Hobby Color Thinner" and using that works well also.

Mirko Römer
Respect! 🙂

Michael Kohl
Following

Thomas Kolb
Damit, ran out of white paint.... I decided to also order the Mr Paint Hungarian set to see if they are any good.

Łukasz Gliński
Mr Paint is grand, but more stinky than Tamiyas

Mr D
If l cut an item of the spru and it has a possibility of mix up, l up a little bit of making tape with part number on it to label it up, l do this as made this mistake before with wheel bay doors !! " Wanded when so much sanding needed!" 😆.
Every build has it's niggle...once it's been on shelf a month...soon forget, good work

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, yes, it's a good tip. But it doesn't help when the assembly drawing is wrong! The best is to constantly keep referring to real photos - sometimes even apex companies, such as Tamiya, Special Hobby or Eduard make silly mistakes.

Mr D
I know, I'm doing a Tamiya and they missed of colour required for 3 different parts!

Thomas Kolb
The masking of the standard single seater is a pretty relaxing task, but Iván The Terrible (no 20), with its blotchy, multi-color camo is proving a real challenge. I am trying to add the colors in the order as they were applied on the real aircraft to make the pattern realistic, but man, it is tricky!

Ekki
Following.

aetios
Hey Thomas I wonder how you got the camo masking so clean, mind sharing some insights?

Mr D
Looking good, are you doing them to match box art ? the one camo looks tricky.
👍

Mikel
Your paintwork compensates the weaker points of the kit. Well done.

Marius
Thank you for the positive feedback Mikel!

Cuajete
Nice start, Marius.
Painting job and weathering looks great 👍

Andy Ball
I didn't realise you were working on this one too? I think we've encountered similar challenges regarding fit? Yours looks great!!

Marius
Thank you Cuajete and Andy for stopping by.
Andy, I am currently having 3 MiG-17s in work and I might be starting 2 more quite soon.
The work on the other two ones is slower, so I posted the Syrian one first.
Yes, we definitely encountered the same fit issues. But in the end, there are far worse kits out there.

Bernd Grün
A nice looking 'Fresco', Marius. Great paint job and weathering. Cheers! 👍

Daniel Klink
Fantastic Result Marius 👍

Shar Dipree
Very nice Mig-17 👍

Curatorm
Exquisite model, very fine work.

Marius
Thank you mates! Four more are in work.

Christian Bruer
Very nice work and finish 👍

Marius
Thank you Christian and Cuajete! ✌️

Mid Franconian
Great MiG! I suppose the original one did not survive Israeli air raids during Six Day War…

Marius
Thank you Franconian for the comment, I am happy you like it!

I can't tell much about the number 2300 itself. But as a matter of fact, the SyAAF was by no means battered in the first day of the war, unlike the wide spread perception. I have written a little bit about this in my Syrian MiG-21F-13 project (MiG-21F-13 - Syria - 1967 | Project by Redicus (1:72)). There were plans made even before the war to evacuate the aircraft to the northern airbases in case of an Israeli attack. Since Egyptian bases were hit first, there was some time to save most aircraft. A few Syrian MiG-17s were still hit on ground, but most Syrian MiG-17s lost during the Six Day War were actually lost during ground attacks against the advancing IDF shot down by ground fire during rather uncoordinated or chaotic actions. I don't have exact numbers right now but I can recheck the literature if needed. It is hard to say how many actually survived the Six Day War, but many certainly lived long enough to see extensive action later in 1973. I am actually working on another Syrian MiG-17 from 1973 (with camouflage painting).

Simon Nagorsnik
Top metal finish !
Really like it👍👍

Neuling
As Simon sez !

Pierre Pierre
Inspiring ! Very nice finsh

Cuajete
Great job.
Congrats!

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Raphael Bernecole
Very nice model ! Congratulations ! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I missed it somehow, very neat 👍

Mr James
Top metal finish indeed. Well done.

Marius
Thank you so much mates, highly appreciated! I think lightning and photography are quite important at the end. I am certainly not mastering this part.

I managed to recently finish another related MiG-17:
MiG-17PF - Egypt - 1967 | Album by Redicus (1:72)

Andy Ball
The lighting and photography are superfluous to a great build completed! Bravo!!

Clement
Looks like I missed this one, it's a lovely Mig-17.
Nice Mig-17 and Mig-19 collection, Marius!

Guy Rump
Excellent job! 👍

Marius
Thank you Clement and Guy!
I like these early metallic chimney pipes, especially the ones from the dark side.